Saunders v. State

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Herman Saunders appeals the Rankin County Circuit Court’s dismissal of his motion for post-conviction relief. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. In March 1997, Saunders was convicted in the Lamar County Circuit Court of two counts of capital murder. He was sentenced on April 4, 1997, to serve two consecutive life sentences as a habitual offender, without eligibility for parole, in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. His convictions were affirmed on appeal by this Court in 1999. Saunders v. State, 733 So.2d 325, 333 (¶ 35) (Miss.Ct.App.1999).